Aretha Franklin to release new album

Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love is the soul singer's first studio album since 2003's So Damn Happy. It will also be her first release on her own label Aretha Records, which she founded in 2005.

The album will be released through Walmart stores in the US on May 3. It reportedly features her version of My Country 'Tis Of Thee, a song which she performed at Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony in 2009.

According to The AP, Franklin has also confirmed a live show at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan on August 25.